Lies tarnish L.A. police officer’s credibility: Letter

Los Angeles Police chief Charlie Beck has declined to uphold the firing of the son of a family friend even though he got into an eltercation at a bar, where he pulled a gun on a man and used racial slurs, and later lied about it in an LAPD internal investigation.

The problem here is how can Officer Shaun Hillman be trusted to give an honest accounting of the events in case he is ever involved in a questionable officer-involved shooting. The answer is he can’t because he is a known liar. If Beck insists on keeping him on at the police department, he should be given a desk job. This man does not belong out on the streets with a gun.